Churn-cover.



' No. 812,566. PATENTED FEB. 13, 1906.

J. G. HOGUB.

GHURN COVER.

APPLICATION rum) JULY 15. 1905.v

E I '3 INVENTOR fly B ames i 0 ug J my JAMES C. HOGUE, OF WINFIELD. TEXAS.

CHURN-COVER.

No. 812L566.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 13, 1906.

Application filed July 15, 1905. Serial No. 269,834.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES C. HoeUE, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Winfield, in the county of Titus and State of Texas, have invented a new and Improved Churn-Cover, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to earthenware churns, and its object is to provide a new and shape.

improved churn-cover arranged to prevent undue splashing of the milk through the dasher-stern opening andto allow convenient periodical removal of the cover for examining the progress of churning and to permit of stacking the covers during the process of burning the same in a kiln or the like.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claim.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement as applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional side elevation of the same on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

The jar or vessel A of the churn is provided at its upper end with an annular beveled seat A, on which is adapted to be seated the annular side B of a cover B, made of earthenware and having the said side depending from the top B to give the cover an invertedcup The top A is provided with a central opening B for the dasher-rod C, carrying the usual dasher D. The inner surface B of the side B is beveled in an upward and inward direction and rounded off at the upper end, as at B and the under surface B of the top B of the cover is in the form of a frustum of a cone, the apex of which terminates at the lower end of the opening B and the base end of which is curved downward and outward to meet the rounded-off portion B of the beveled surface B.

By the arrangement described the inner surface of the cover forms a deflector to direct any milk splashed upward by the action of the dasher D in a downward direction and away from the central opening B to keep the latter free of milk and prevent waste of milk.

The wall B of the central opening B is extended upward a distance beyond the upper surface of the top B to form a handle to per mit the user to conveniently lift the cover oif its seat A whenever it is desired to do so and especially when it is desired to examine the contents of the jar-that is, to see the progress of the churning operation.

The top B of the cover B forms, with the side B, an annular offset or seat B to allow convenient stacking of the covers during the process of burning the same in a kiln, as indicated in Fig. 3, it being understood that the bottom of the side B of a cover B rests on the seat B5 of the next cover B below, and as the covers are cup-shaped one readily accommodates the handle B of the next cover below, it: will be readily understood by reference to Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A churn-cover comprising a top having a central openin for the dasher-rod, the wall of the opening being extended to form a handle and an annular side depending integrally from the said top and forming, with the latter, an exterior annular shoulder for stacking purposes.

In testimony name to this specification two subscribing witnesses.

AMES 0. HOGUE.

whereof I have signed my in the presence of Witnesses:

J. B. TALIAFERRO, J. L. BECK. 

